Agrippina (Maior)

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Events

Created

When	42-54 [About]
Where	Rome

Commissioned

Who	Claudius (-10-54)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Agrippina the Elder (-14-33)

Relation to places

Italy

Keywords

Bronze Classical antiquity Coin Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Portrait Sestertius ruler

Description

Front: Drapierte Büste der Agrippina maior in der Brustansicht nach r.
Rear: Im Zentrum S C. Oben der rechteckige Gegenstempel NCAPR.
Countermarked: The impression left by a countermark punch. A tool that is used to punch into a coin subsequent to the original striking an additional mark or symbol that had meaning in the contemporary context of the coin - for example to mark a specific payment or to revalue a coin). Objects from early modern collections sometimes bear countermarks as a sign of ownership.

Inscription

Vorderseite: AGRI[PPIN]A M F GERMANICI CAESARI[S]
Rückseite: [TI] CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER[M P M TR P IMP P P]

Similar objects

RIC I² Claudius: 102

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 37 mm
Weight: 27.98 g

Part of

Von Tiberius zu den Flaviern (2936)

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Literature

BMCRE I 194 Nr. 219-223 (ab 42 n. Chr.).
BNat II Nr. 236-240 (42-43 n. Chr., Nr. 237-240 mit diesem Gegenstempel).
D. Mac Dowall, The economic context of the Roman Imperial countermark NCAPR, Acta Numismatica 1, 1970, 83-106.
H.-M. von Kaenel, Münzprägung und Münzbildnis des Claudius. AMuGS IX (1986) 149 f. Nr. 2047-2071 Münztyp 78 (42-43 n. Chr.). - Vgl. zum Gegenstempel: RIC I² 11.
R. Martini, Collezione Pangerl. Contromarche Imperiali Romane (Augustus-Vespasianus). Nomismata 6 (2003) 121 Nr. 60.
R. Martini, Una collezione di monete romane imperiali contromarcate nel Gabinetto Numismatico di Locarno (1993) Nr. 19-31.
RIC I² Nr. 102 (ca. 50?-54 n. Chr.).